High Risk Diving Work Compliance Checklist

High risk diving work compliance checklist

Date: ______Business name: ______

Trading name: ______ABN: ______

Person conducting assessment: ______

The following information is based on Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 2299:2007 Occupational Diving Operations, Part 1- Standard Operational Practice. It is not a complete list of issues addressed in this standard but may serve as an example of a tool that a person conducting a business or undertaking may develop to assess their own levels of compliance. Duty holders need to undertake risk management at their own workplace to ensure the control measures that are chosen are suitable for their workplace and the risks being undertaken.

Issues / Yes/ No / Action taken
Fitness of persons carrying out the work
· Do all divers have a current (within last 12 months) certificate of medical fitness to dive?
· Does each diver have a copy?
Competency
· Does each diver, standby diver and dive supervisor hold a current certificate indicating training to a level equal to or exceeding that specified in AS2815 parts 1-4 as appropriate (e.g. an appropriate ADAS diver certificate)?
· Does the dive supervisor hold a current certificate indicating training to in accordance with AS2815 part 5 as appropriate (e.g. an ADAS dive supervisor certificate)?
· Does the dive supervisor have evidence of experience in the relevant techniques, equipment and procedures?
· Has the dive supervisor been appointed in writing?
· Has the dive supervisor been trained in the recognition and management of diving emergencies?
· Does each diver, standby diver, dive supervisor and any diver’s attendants hold an appropriate current first aid and oxygen resuscitation certificate?
Carrying out of the work
Personnel
· Has an appropriate dive team been selected?
· Are the dive supervisor, standby diver and any attendants located, equipped and able to support the diver as required?
Record keeping
· Does each diver maintain a permanent record of all diving undertaken?
· Does the employer keep the required information for each dive undertaken for a minimum of 12 months?
· Are maintenance and test records kept for plant (e.g. air purity records)?
· Are investigations undertaken and records made of accidents and incidents?
Risk management
· Has risk management been undertaken by a competent person?
· Has consultation taken place, including consultation with workers, clients and contractors?
· Has a diving operations manual been prepared and is it available on site?
· Have written emergency procedures, including communication to emergency support, been developed?
· Has a dive plan been prepared and agreed upon by all parties for each dive?
· Are there systems to ensure day to day diver fitness is monitored (e.g. drug and alcohol policies, injury rehabilitation)?
· Has appropriate breathing apparatus been selected for the work?
· Are surface and in water conditions considered during dive planning and monitored while on site?
· Are diving and water depths known for each site?
Communications
· Has an efficient and reliable diver communications system, preferably a voice system, been established?
· Is a two way voice communication system available whenever winches, hoists or cranes are used?
Diving equipment and environment
· Is all diving equipment operated, maintained, serviced, cleaned and stored in accordance with manufacturer’s specifications (Note: if no manufacturer’s specifications, must have an annual inspection by a competent person) and inspected before each use?
· Is each diver equipped with an appropriate diving suit, ancillary equipment, harness and knife?
· Does each diver have immediate access to an alternate breathing gas supply?
· Has appropriate buoyancy management equipment been selected, including quick release weights?
· Is each component part of the breathing apparatus, including control and delivery systems, designed, made, operated, maintained and stored in accordance with the standard?
· Does any lifeline component have a minimum breaking strain of 6kN?
· Is breathing gas quality ensured the design and maintenance of the compressor and storage system?
· Is breathing gas tested at least every 6 months?
· Is the oxygen content of breathing gases other than air assessed during preparation and prior to use?
· Are all pressure gauges, including depth gauges and dive computers, calibrated and tested as required to ensure their accuracy?
· Do all pneumatic tools have air supplies separate to the diver’s supply?
· Is SCUBA equipment only selected for use where appropriate?
· Are lifelines used as required when SCUBA diving?
· Are appropriate lights, flags and signals displayed?
Emergency preparation
· Is adequate first aid and medical equipment available on site, including oxygen resuscitation equipment?
· Are suitable means for diver access and egress provided, including emergency recovery?
Decompression management
· Is all diving and decompression, including travel after diving, carried out in accordance with widely recognised and industry approved decompression tables (e.g. DCIEM tables)?
· Are the risks associated with breathing gases other than air managed? Including gas analysis and recording, maximum and minimum PPO2 exposures, use and storage of O2.
· Are recompression chambers available or on site when required?
· Are there appropriately qualified and competent persons to operate any recompression chamber?
· Is any recompression chamber designed, constructed, fitted out, serviced, operated, including medical equipment and transfer under pressure, as required?
· Has there been contingency planning for worst case scenario chamber operations.
Other regulatory considerations
· Are notifiable incidents reported to WHSQ as required?
· Where the diving work is also construction work, has a safe work method statement been prepared, complied with, provided to the principal contractor, reviewed and kept as required?
· Are appropriate high risk work licences held if required (e.g. dogger, rigger, or crane operator)?
· Has information, training and instruction been provided for workers to ensure health and safety? Including JSA, tool box talks, site and dive briefings.
· Is a safe and healthy general working environment provided? Including housekeeping, temperature, drinking water, lighting, accommodation
· Is personal protective equipment provided, maintained and used?
· Are risks from working in remote or isolated places managed?
· Are risks from falls and falling objects controlled?
· Are confined spaces identified and only entered by competent persons following appropriate procedures?
· Are risks from noise controlled?
· Are risks from hazardous manual tasks controlled?
· Is work associated with demolition, construction and asbestos controlled as required?
· Are risks from plant and structures controlled?
· Are risks from mobile plant controlled? Including vessel movements and propeller injuries.
· Are risks from hazardous chemicals and lead controlled?

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